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Sierra Leone: 2006 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Financing Assurances Review, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion »
Source: Sierra Leone : 2006 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Financing Assurances Review, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion
Volume/Issue: 2007/68
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 February 2007
ISBN: 9781451834604
Keywords: debt, debt relief, interest, budget, domestic revenue
The 2006 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility of Sierra Leone reviews sustainability of higher economic growth and reduction of pove...

Sierra Leone »
Source: Sierra Leone : 2008 Article IV Consultation, Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Financing Assurances Review, and Requests for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Augmentation of Access, and Modification of Performance Criterion: Staff Report; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sierra Leone.
Volume/Issue: 2009/2
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 January 2009
ISBN: 9781451834642
Keywords: debt, budget, domestic revenue, interest, article
This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that Sierra Leone's macroeconomic performance in 2008 was mixed. Output growth reached 6.4 percent in 2007, led by solid agricultural and mining production and buoyant a...

Sierra Leone »
Source: Sierra Leone : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report
Volume/Issue: 2008/250
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 July 2008
ISBN: 9781451834628
Keywords: hiv/aids, primary schools, pupil teacher ratio, maternal mortality, primary school
This report describes the progress made in implementing the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Sierra Leone covering the period 2005-07. Efforts to reform the public sector were not successful. Management and Fun...

Sierra Leone: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility »
Source: Sierra Leone : 2013 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility
Volume/Issue: 2013/330
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 November 2013
ISBN: 9781475513998
Keywords: external debt, domestic debt, current account, debt sustainability, external borrowing
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Sierra Leone has made significant progress in macroeconomic stabilization over the last five years. Real GDP growth averaged some 7 percent, driven by output expans...

Economic Integration in Central and West Africa »
Source: IMF Staff papers : Volume 16 No. 1
Volume: XVI
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1969
ISBN: 9781451956245
Keywords: balance of payments, economic integration, balance of payments accounts, sales taxes
From the Foreword to the first issue: “Among the responsibilities of the International Monetary Fund, as set forth in the Articles of Agreement, is the obligation to ‘act as a center for the collectio...

Problems of Budget Analysis and Treasury Management in French-Speaking Africa »
Source: IMF Staff papers : Volume 16 No. 1
Volume: XVI
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1969
ISBN: 9781451956245
Keywords: balance of payments, economic integration, balance of payments accounts, sales taxes
From the Foreword to the first issue: “Among the responsibilities of the International Monetary Fund, as set forth in the Articles of Agreement, is the obligation to ‘act as a center for the collectio...

Sierra Leone »
Source: Sierra Leone : Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement
Volume/Issue: 2005/192
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 June 2005
ISBN: 9781451834512
Keywords: current account, debt service, public debt, domestic financing, debt relief
This paper presents an Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement for Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has had almost continuous involvement with IMF programs since 1994 under a variety of arrangements. All the...

A Theory of Demand for Products Distinguished by Place of Production »
Source: IMF Staff papers : Volume 16 No. 1
Volume: XVI
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1969
ISBN: 9781451956245
Keywords: balance of payments, economic integration, balance of payments accounts, sales taxes
From the Foreword to the first issue: “Among the responsibilities of the International Monetary Fund, as set forth in the Articles of Agreement, is the obligation to ‘act as a center for the collectio...

Sierra Leone »
Source: Sierra Leone : Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: Completion Point Document and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
Volume/Issue: 2007/23
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 January 2007
ISBN: 9781451834598
Keywords: debt service, debt relief, external debt, debt sustainability, commercial creditors
This paper explains Sierra Leone's completion point under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and debt relief under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). With enhanced HIPC...

Macroeconomic Challenges of Structural Transformation »
Source: Macroeconomic Challenges of Structural Transformation : Public Investment, Growth and Debt Sustainability in Sierra Leone
Volume/Issue: 2015/164
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Lacina Balma , and Mthuli Ncube
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 July 2015
ISBN: 9781513599038
Keywords: Structural Transformation, Growth, Debt Sustainability, investment, debt, external commercial borrowing, International Lending and Debt Problems, Institutions and Growth, Debt Sustainability.,
This paper analyzes the link between public investment, economic growth and debt sustainability in Sierra Leone using an inter-temporal macroeconomic model. In the model, public capital improves the productive capa...